When I was younger, I loved to read. While my brother and sister were playing video games upstairs or catch in the front yard, I was most likely reclined on the couch. I started with Mary-Kate and Ashely serialized chapter books before moving on to the Harry Potter series. I …

Book and Kitchen is what it says it is, and is also a lot more. An independently-run bookshop, and cafe (as revealed through the title), it is also an events space and, more recently, a member’s club. The evening events include talks, poetry, art and music and the member’s club, launched …

Book binding seems a lost art. How books are made is something people don’t even tend to think about, let alone want to learn. That’s why the London Centre for Book Arts, in Hackney Wick, is so special. A beautiful studio near the canal, it is artist-run yet open access, meaning …

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” Oscar Wilde MORE MONDAY Darkness Returning from holiday When it is a bank holiday.. Discovering Oceans What is Wealth? American Wanderings 3 Months In: Quotes Photographs Out Of Context …